China trade showed unexpected strength in August

Imports rose by a better-than-forecast 1.5 percent over a year earlier, up from July’s 12.5 percent plunge and the first monthly gain since 2014, customs data showed yesterday. Exports fell

Air China removes mag with offensive article about London

Chinese flag-carrier Air China said yesterday that it had removed copies of its inflight magazine containing an article criticized as racist for telling visitors to take precautions when visiting areas

ASEAN Summit | Obama puts South China Sea back on agenda at summit

President Barack Obama put the long-simmering dispute in the South China Sea front and center on the agenda at a regional summit yesterday as it became clear that most of

US-Philippines | Duterte’s drug war puts strain on bilateral ties

When Rodrigo Duterte became Philippine president many predicted his desire to mend relations with China could alienate the United States. Instead, his deadly war on drugs and refusal to brook

Seven Chinese arrested in raid at drug laboratory in Manila

Seven Chinese citizens were arrested in a raid on a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory inside a pig farm north of Manila, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said yesterday. The agency said nearly

USA Elections | Obama says Americans will reject Trump’s ‘wacky’ ideas

President Barack Obama said yesterday that Republican Donald Trump proves he isn’t qualified to be president “every time he speaks,” adding that he was confident Americans would ultimately reject the

Vatican | Retired pope offers final reflections on papacy, Francis

Retired Pope Benedict XVI has acknowledged that governing the church wasn’t his strong suit but says he doesn’t see his papacy as a failure and that he succeeded at least

This Day in History | 1976 – Chairman Mao Zedong dies

The chief architect of the Chinese revolution, Chairman Mao Zedong, has died at the age of 82. His death - at 10 minutes past midnight - was announced by the Central

Offbeat | NYC bay to get oysters on beds made from recycled toilets

New York City is placing 50,000 oysters in Jamaica Bay — on beds made with the porcelain from 5,000 recycled toilets. Mayor Bill de Blasio and the Department of Environmental Protection

Football | Banned by FIFA, Platini plans to be at UEFA election

Michel Platini leaves the international Court of Arbitration for Sport after a hearing in Lausanne, Switzerland, on August 25 Michel Platini plans to speak at the UEFA presidential election to replace

Cycling – Spanish Vuelta | Quintana keeps his lead as Spanish Vuelta resumes

Nairo Quintana of Colombia maintained his comfortable lead over Chris Froome as the Spanish Vuelta entered its final stages on Wednesday. Mathias Frank of Switzerland broke from the peloton to win

The Buzz | Caetano, David, Sandra: Macau talent triumphs around the world

João Caetano launched his first single, a duet with legendary jazzman Jean-Paul “Bluey” Maunick, leader and founder of the band Incognito. “A single voice” (“Uma Só

World briefs

ASEAN President Barack Obama puts the long-simmering dispute in the South China Sea front and center on the agenda at an ASEAN summit as it becomes clear that most of

Armenia sends 129 telecoms fraud suspects to China

Armenia has sent 129 Chinese and Taiwanese telecoms fraud suspects to China, state media reported yesterday, indicating both the growing reach of such criminal enterprises and China’s determination to shut

Bizcuits | Uberlicious Macau

Today is U-day: the day Uber, the app-based ride-sharing company, leaves Macau. As articulately presented by Gonçalo Maia in Wednesday’s opinion piece, Uber has long been hailed by Macau passengers

Friday, September 9, 2016 – edition no. 2640

* US firm Liberty Media buying F1 for USD4.4 billlion * ‘Parisian loves locals’ * Petitioners want Uber’s legalization * Air China removes inflight mag   DOWNLOAD

Sandra from Macau | Beauty with a cause

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Eastwood’s ‘Sully’ stubbornly refuses to soar

In “Sully,” Clint Eastwood’s haunted and sterile docudrama of Capt. Chesley Sullenberger’s 2009 landing of Flight 1549 on the Hudson, Eastwood has drained away all the superficial, rah-rah heroism of

Spy novelist le Carre relates stories from his life

Of stories to dine out on, David Cornwell has an abundance. Or should we say John le Carre has? Cornwell's pen name overshadows the title on the cover of this,

‘Schmilco’ is meditation on loss, loneliness

Wilco’s “Schmilco” finds the Chicago sextet in a mostly acoustic mood, musing on happiness, loneliness, isolation and loss. Not exactly arena rock anthem material. And that should hearten even the most hardened

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